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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (201677)	4/27/2020 4:36:48 PM
From: bruwin	1 Recommendation Recommended By Honey_Bee Respond to of 458773

Well, you know what they say, "COMETH THE TIME COMETH THE MAN !!" Professor Victor Davis Hanson has spoken about that aspect with regard to Donald Trump. These men are usually not liked by 100% of the peoples BUT they have been VERY NECESSARY AT CERTAIN TIMES IN A COUNTRY'S HISTORY. And often, ONCE THEY'VE SORTED OUT THE SHIT THAT A COUNTRY WAS IN, they often get "Discarded" and forgotten, and then MEDIOCRITY takes over again. General George Patton was another good example of such a man. Eisenhower despised Patton and always tried to keep him in the background because Eisenhower knew, within himself, that Patton was a far superior soldier and tactician than Eisenhower was. HOWEVER, there were times that Eisenhower realized that he just had to "give Patton his head" because he knew THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE WHO COULD GET IT DONE LIKE PATTON COULD GET IT DONE .... Such a time was the "Battle of the Bulge" era .... "When Eisenhower asked Patton how long it would take him to disengage six divisions of his Third Army and commence a counterattack north to relieve the U.S. 101st Airborne Division which had been trapped at Bastogne, Patton replied, "As soon as you're through with me."[167] Patton then clarified that he had already worked up an operational order for a counterattack by three full divisions on December 21, then only 48 hours away.[167] Eisenhower was incredulous: "Don't be fatuous, George. If you try to go that early you won't have all three divisions ready and you'll go piecemeal." Patton replied that his staff already had a contingency operations order ready to go. Still unconvinced, Eisenhower ordered Patton to attack the morning of December 22, using at least three divisions.[168] Patton left the conference room, phoned his command, and uttered two words: "Play ball." This code phrase initiated a prearranged operational order with Patton's staff, mobilizing three divisions—the 4th Armored Division, the U.S. 80th Infantry Division, and the U.S. 26th Infantry Division—from the Third Army and moving them north toward Bastogne.[165] In all, Patton would reposition six full divisions, U.S. III Corps and U.S. XII Corps, from their positions on the Saar River front along a line stretching from Bastogne to Diekirch and to Echternach, the town in Luxembourg that had been at the southern end of the initial "Bulge" front line on December 16.[169] Within a few days, more than 133,000 Third Army vehicles were rerouted into an offensive that covered an average distance of over 11 miles (18 km) per vehicle, followed by support echelons carrying 62,000 tonnes (61,000 long tons; 68,000 short tons) of supplies.[170]" *That's the sort of man Patton was, HE GOT THE FCKING JOB DONE !!!** ..... IMO, Donald has similar Characteristics .......